Course Announcements - Fall 2007

UNIX Information

For the students who need information on UNIX, here are a few useful links:

UNIX Documentation (concepts, commands, X-Windows) from USC ISDWeb;

UNIXhelp for Users from the University of Edinburgh.

Information on editors running on UNIX can be found here:

Vi Text EditorDocumentation from USC ISDWeb.

General information on operating systems, productivity applications, Internet connectivity, e-mail and web publishing at USC, can be found at the ISD Help site.

Late Assignment Policy

Homework submitted for grading before or on the "Homework Due Date", as listed in the Schedule of Lectures, will be eligible for 100% of the grade points for the assignment. Homework submitted late will be accepted for up to 7 calendar days after the due date, and will receive an automatic 10% penalty. Homework submitted more than 7 days after the due date will not be accepted.

Setting up your Web Page Directory

Students using the SCF machines need to establish a directory in which they can store web pages that will be delivered by USC's student web server. Complete instructions on how to do this can be found at http://www.usc.edu/its/web/getting_started/ppages.html.

csci351 server machine

ISD has assigned a special machine for this class. It is called csci351. When you run a program, please make sure to run it while being logged into csci351.

Port Assignment Policy

When you sign up for this class, using the Class List SignUp link on the course webpage, you will be assigned a random number. Please use the last 5 digits of the random number when you need to assign a TCP/IP ports to your web server.

Getting rid of the USC Disclaimer

To get rid of the USC Disclaimer that they stuff at the end of your web pages, try
<NOSCRIPT>
</BODY>
i.e. place a NOSCRIPT tag immediately before the /BODY tag.

If that doesn't work, another way to get rid of the USC disclaimer is to use this code at the beginning of the HTML file, right after the closing </HEAD> tag: